âWe can revisit it whenever we want. Heâs our brother, Rob is, and if heâs ever in trouble or he wants to have a year off being Robbie Williams, heâs welcome any time he wants,â he told the magazine.

âWe got on well. We finished the tour. Weâre all happy. The fans have come along and been happy. Now Robâs doing a solo record and, from this point, itâs back to where it was.â

Barlow added he had finally made peace with his former rival.

âIt would be unfair for me to say heâs the one with the ego because Iâve got a pretty big ego as well. And especially in those younger days when I was 24 and he was 20 but then you come back â I was 38 and he was 34 â and itâs like, âLetâs talk this throughâ.’